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Mapbox · 2 weeks ago

Associate General Counsel - Product/Commercial

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. They are seeking a lawyer with 7+ years of experience to join their legal team, focusing on complex commercial deals and product counseling. The role involves collaborating with product and engineering teams to draft agreements and improve operational processes.

Business IntelligenceFleet ManagementLogisticsMapping ServicesSaaS

Responsibilities

Come up with practical and creative solutions to get complex deals done and advance our business
Drafting and communication skills are extremely important
Develop the ability to both mitigate and accept risk
Become conversant with and draft agreements based on our specific customers’ use case and technical implementations
Share and participate in efforts to scale our department and improve our services
Roll up your sleeves and dive into a variety of legal issues, enjoy collaboration, and take feedback

Qualification

7+ years attorney experienceTechnology company experienceComplex sales dealsTechnical degreeAPIsSDKs experienceCustomer-centric orientationJD degreeActive bar membershipCommunication skillsNegotiation skills

Required

7+ years of practicing attorney experience, with 2+ years at a top-tier law firm in any area and 5+ years in-house at a technology company in sales-side commercial transactions (not procurement or privacy/regulatory compliance)
At least one of the following is required: Computer engineering, computer science or other similar technical degree; At least 2, but not more than 4, years experience in software patent litigation or patent prosecution at a top tier firm; Extensive experience working with APIs and SDKs
Experience working on complex sales deals
Excellent communication skills. Your writing and verbal communications need to be clear and concise
A practical and customer-centric orientation and negotiation style. You understand (or will quickly learn) the business deal so you know what matters and what doesn't and will focus on practical resolutions to speed deals through the pipeline
A sense of humor. We take our work seriously, but we try not to take ourselves too seriously
JD degree from top-tier law school and active membership in at least one US state bar

Preferred

Prior work in a pre-IPO company will be extremely helpful
Candidates who live near technology hubs often have the best backgrounds, but we will consider remote candidates who live anywhere in the US. We prefer candidates in the Pacific time zone
If your resume doesn't clearly demonstrate the first two points above, you should include a cover note as to why you are interested in this role and why you think you would be a good fit despite not meeting those criteria. Resumes without a cover note in those circumstances will likely not be considered

Benefits

Supportive health care
Parental leave
Flexibility for the things that come up in life

Company

Mapbox develops a location data platform for mobile and web applications.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$614.17M
Key Investors
SoftBankPremji InvestSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-09-19Series E· $280M
2021-03-01Series Unknown
2020-05-01Series D· $107M

Leadership Team

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Peter Sirota
Chief Executive Officer
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Scott Hill
Chief Financial Officer
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